How To Quarter Saw Lumber! Turning a Beautiful Log Into Lumber! 

I'm a retired carpenter/ contractor. I built houses for 50 year , grew up on a small farm. Mom worked off the farm to make it work. In my later years I purchased a saw mill for a hobby. I learned a lot about the ways logs were sawed and why. The reason for quarter sawing white oak, it would give you the most strength in what you needed it for. They done it because much of the wood was used in wagons. The axels , bolsters, reaches, singletrees and double trees for the horses to hitch to, and spokes and rims foe wooden wheels. Tonges to hitch to for pulling the loads. The furniture of the day was merely a by product that furniture builders could buy cheap. Kind of like you were saying about hickory. As for marketing, I discovered by sizing, and building a kiln for drying( same concept as drying corn) then aquire a line saw and planer you have a lot wider market place. For example, locate someone that makes wooden burial caskets. They generally buy mostly quartered white and red oak. Good luck in your ventures and keep milking. I love butter and ice cream, and oh yes the other by-product, milk. Keep those videos coming. Watch every one you've ever done. I'll even forgive you for having an Oliver in the mix.

Sqare you can use for forklift or a fence post